In Seattle, where others saw only a severe slope and lack of municipal hookups, one couple spotted their ticket to their dream...

A Brooklyn architect shows what a little elbow grease, a healthy dose of naïveté, and a decade can accomplish.

Uni, an international group of designers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is riding out a self-professed renovation high that never...

With sensitivity to local building typologies, fresh construction finds a place in Amsterdam.

Who knew the sport of skateboarding owed so much to Alvar Aalto?

Behind the Dwell Magazine Redesign

Fifteen minutes from downtown Seattle, architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo transformed the neighborhood dump—a lot that had...

As New Orleans struggles to get back on its feet, one architect learns from the past while building for the future.

We’re exploring a new way to work in Manhattan.

The New Orleans–based eyewear brand KREWE—a chic favorite with Hollywood celebs—transforms a worn warehouse in the Lower Garden...

Cities across the country are banning natural gas in new homes.

We asked five households that recently switched Los Angeles neighborhoods what they had in mind when picking a new place to live.

Architecture is the latest field to feel the double-edged sword of computerization.

These modern loft designs are a step above the rest.

The Desert Calm Collection is a soothing assortment of rugs, pillows, and other thoughtful home accents.

A major market for our furniture, and the headquarters of some of our most important designers, Manhattan has long been Herman...

Otherland’s first decade-inspired collection pours the best the ’90s had to offer into three new scents.

We’re excited to reveal a new way to shop products on Dwell, and it all starts with the new “Products” tab.

It was no exodus, of course, but when Kathleen Triem quit her job at a Manhattan design firm in July 1996, her associates were...

When Cecilia Tham and Yoel Karaso of Habitan Architects bought their first-floor apartment in an 1894 block of the Fort Pienc...

The Melbourne beachside suburb of Sandringham is filled with period houses such as this Edwardian timber home—but this one has...

Launched by a Frieze art fair veteran, the weekend-long event presents 200 works by both artists and designers in a Bushwick...

Versatile and enduring, wood is a material that seems to work just about anywhere.

The Alexander Construction Company made Palm Springs living accessible to the masses.

A two-story dwelling on an infill lot, the residence blends into the neighborhood with the help of cedar cladding, pitched roof...

At Under, a Snøhetta-designed restaurant balanced on the Norwegian coast, guests dine 16 feet below the ocean surface.

An hour north of New York City, this carefully restored midcentury modern was designed by David Henken, an apprentice of Frank...

George & Willy’s signs and display systems are minimalist, functional, and playful.

Bambi—long a nickname for Airstream’s light, single-axle offerings—launches today as its own family of approachable travel...

The city's new green building legislation will result in the equivalent of taking more than one million cars off the road by 2030.

Described as a "cultural shed for New York," The Shed is an expandable multi-use cultural venue designed by the NYC-based firm,...

When ASH Staging opened a second office in the Hamptons earlier this summer, it blurred the lines between work and relaxation.

The Shed, housed in an expandable building in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, opens under public scrutiny on Friday, April 5.

Whether it’s dusting off that old gym membership or incorporating new rituals into your routine, healthy resolutions can be hard...

Cultivate a sunny state of mind with these pieces that channel Palm Springs’ brand of midcentury modernism.

The Kaufmann Desert House was meticulously restored by Marmol Radziner in the 1990s—and now it’s up for grabs.